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Tax Returns To Stolen ID Victims Show Massive Unemployment Fraud
Tax Returns To Stolen ID Victims Show Massive Unemployment Fraud
February 07, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

Tax forms states are sending people listed as having received unemployment benefits are likely to reveal to many addressees that their identities were used in...

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UK Considers Tax Hike On eComm Firms Powering Pandemic’s Digital Shift
UK Considers Tax Hike On eComm Firms Powering Pandemic’s Digital Shift
February 07, 2021  |  Taxes

British lawmakers are exploring levying an extra tax on companies that benefited from COVID-19 and have summoned executives from major firms that could be affected...

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Yellen: Stimulus Could Return US To Full Employment In 2022
Yellen: Stimulus Could Return US To Full Employment In 2022
February 07, 2021  |  Economy

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday (Feb. 7) that she expects U.S. employment to return to pre-pandemic levels sometime in 2022, CNN reported. Get the...

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InsurTech Oscar Health Files For IPO After Losing $407 Million In 2020
InsurTech Oscar Health Files For IPO After Losing $407 Million In 2020
February 07, 2021  |  IPO

Oscar Health is going public and filed an S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Bitcoin Daily: $90 Million Hedge Fund Founder Pleads Guilty To Fraud; India’s Exchanges Campaign Government To Regulate, Not Ban, Crypto
Bitcoin Daily: $90 Million Hedge Fund Founder Pleads Guilty To Fraud; India’s Exchanges Campaign Government...
February 07, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Protego Trust Bank N.A. was granted conditional approval for a national bank charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the company announced...

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Nigeria’s Central Bank Closes Crypto Accounts Citing Threats To Financial Stability
Nigeria’s Central Bank Closes Crypto Accounts Citing Threats To Financial Stability
February 07, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

In a letter Friday (Feb. 5), the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) ordered financial institutions (FIs) and deposit money banks (DMBs) to close crypto-related accounts...

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China Clarifies Big Tech Monopoly Rules
China Clarifies Big Tech Monopoly Rules
February 07, 2021  |  ANTITRUST

China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) published new guidelines Sunday (Feb. 7) to strengthen anti-monopoly restrictions on Big Tech platforms, Reuters reported. Get the...

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Supply Chain Manager E2open Goes Public Via SPAC
Supply Chain Manager E2open Goes Public Via SPAC
February 07, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Supply chain management firm E2open went public effective Friday (Feb. 5) through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), according to a press...

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Biden Says Herd Immunity Doubtful By Summer’s End
Biden Says Herd Immunity Doubtful By Summer’s End
February 07, 2021  |  Coronavirus

Ahead of the big game on Sunday (Feb. 7), President Joe Biden expressed hope and optimism that next year, fans will be able to celebrate...

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